Rockland briefs: Blauvelt Sons of Italy honors scholars
The Blauvelt Sons of Italy recently hosted a dinner to welcome 15 new members into the organization. The group also honored two Rockland County students with scholarships for their commitment and dedication to learning the Italian language. The dinner at the Sons of Italy lodge on Van Wyck Road, was attended by over 100 people including relati...
Foulard siciliani al Central park
La Sicilia alla conquista di Central Park, il cuore verde di New York. La stilista bagherese Anna Maria La Bianca, che da anni vive nella Grande Mela e può vantare tra le sue "clienti" anche Michelle Obama, Lady Gaga e la principessa del Qatar, ha scelto proprio le atmosfere "foliage" del parco più famoso d'America per presentare la sua collezione...
27: The Verdi Documentary Film Project
You are cordially invited to attend a special screening presentation at the Italian American Museum on Thursday, July 9th."27" is the title of a fascinating new documentary film-in-progress that explores the unique opera culture of Parma, Italy and its fierce connection to the 27 works of Giuseppe Verdi. Producer-director August Ventura wi...
StoryCorps in Rochester: Rosita Caridi-Miller, Italy
by David Riley She had to make a choice. If she had stayed in Italy with my father and me, then she would have lost the right to come to America because she would have been 21 the next year, and no longer a minor. So she made the choice of leaving my father and me in Italy and coming here to join her family and find work, pretty m...
Raising of the Italian and American Flags Ceremony
Italian Heritage and Culture Month 2015 Tribute To Italian Creativity: Celebrating 50 years of Italian Creativity and Technology "New York World's Fair 1965- Expo Milano 2015". You are cordially invited to attend the Raising of the Italian and American Flags and a special recognition to Elisabetta Calello, Sp...
Olivia Fortunato at the Italian American Museum
The Italian American Museum presents OLIVIA FORTUNATO. Thursday, November 5th, 6:30 P.M. - Special Concert Program Featuring Italian Harp Music. Inspired by her travels in Italy, Olivia Fortunato presents a program of Italian music written and transcribed for solo harp. Performing a wide range of styles, she will take the audien...
Award-winning Italian Tenor Micheal Castaldo and Friends to Perform “An Italian Christmas Journey” at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Bronx, NY, on Sunday, Dec 6
"An Italian Christmas Journey," a traditional Christmas concert featuring award-winning Italian tenor Micheal Castaldo will take place on Sunday December 6, 2015 at 5:00p.m. at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 687 East 187th Street, Bronx NY 10458. The concert celebrates the renewal of the music program at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church. Castaldo w...
Dog tag of Buffalo GI killed in 1945 discovered near Italian coast
Pasquale Gentile's life was hard, short and soon forgotten. He was one of five children of Italian immigrants, and they were separated after their mother died young in Buffalo. During World War II, he returned to his parents' homeland as a GI and was killed in action April 24, 1945, just days before the war in Europe ended. His body...
A New York "Pirandello 150"
Una rassegna di teatro, danza, cinema e video per rendere omaggio al premio Nobel italiano per la letteratura Luigi Pirandello. È quella che avrà luogo per un'intera settimana, da venerdì 13 a giovedì 19 gennaio, a New York presso il Film Forum di Manhattan. Ad organizzarla lo stesso Film Forum in collaborazione con l'Istituto Italiano di Cultura...
A Riccardo Monti il "Friendship Award" del Gruppo Esponenti Italiani
di Riccardo Chioni Il nuovo presidente dell'Italian Trade Commission Agency, Riccardo Monti ha ricevuto ieri dal presidente del Gruppo Esponenti Italiani, Lucio Caputo il tradizionale "Gei Friendship Award" durante un incontro al ristorante Le Cirque di Manhattan. Erano presenti numerosi rappresentanti di aziende italiane e americ...
Workshop on "Intercomprehension" and Multilingualism Teaching Italian to Romance Language Speakers
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute - Queens College - CUNY25 West 43rd Street - New York, NY 10036 Saturday, 14 September 2013 * 9 am - 6 pm Introduction and objectives of the workshopThis workshop intends to introduce both the high-school and college teacher of Italian to new methodologies in teaching the target langua...
Metti New York in pentola, poi mangiati l’America col made in Italy
By Federica Dato Il bello delle imprese, di quelle competitive e capaci d'esser fedeli alla propria essenza, è che non sognano, si prefiggono obiettivi. Nel cuore di Manhattan ci siamo stati tutti, magari senza esser mai saliti su un aereo. Sulla Quinta strada ci siamo innamorati, abbiamo girato per negozi e mangiato la qualsiasi. Sul marciapiede,...